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• The film's tagline "Their war. Our world." was originally meant for AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004).
  
  
• Throughout the film, Bumblebee communicates using his radio, in a manner reminiscent of the Junkions, denizens of the planet Junk, featured in The Transformers: The Movie (1986), who spoke entirely in the form of television broadcasts. Notable transmissions by Bumblebee include: - The voice of Lt. Uhura from "Star Trek" (1966) saying "Message from Starfleet." The role of Megatron/Galvatron was previously played by Leonard Nimoy and Frank Welker, who have also both played Spock in Star Trek. - A line, "Across the inanimate vastness of space," was taken from Orson Welles's infamous 1939 radio broadcast "The War of the Worlds." Welles's final film was The Transformers: The Movie (1986), where he voiced the planet-devouring Unicron. - A line by John Wayne from El Dorado (1966).Wayne's voice has long been associated as an influence on Peter Cullen's voice for Optimus Prime.
  
  
• The fastest-selling DVD release of 2007.
  
  

• Bumblebee's original alternate mode in "Transformers" (1984) was a Volkswagen Beetle, but this was altered to a 1976/2009 Chevrolet Camaro. This was because Michael Bay felt that the Camaro held a more tough-but-friendly quality than the Beetle, and he wanted to avoid comparisons with Herbie the Love Bug. As a tribute to the series, a yellow Volkswagen Beetle appears next to Bumblebee at the car shop (and as a joke he damages it!).
  
  
• According to the Director's Commentary on the DVD, director Michael Bay himself has a cameo in the film, as the human Megatron flicks away like a bug.
  
  
• To keep the film realistic and under budget, the U.S. Department of Defense provided their support towards the film's production, the largest project they have assisted since Black Hawk Down (2001). The Military provided their vehicles as the alternate modes of the Decepticons Starscream, Bonecrusher and Devastator. They also allowed their F-117, A-10, AC-130, and CV-22 aircraft to be filmed, the first time these planes have been seen in a feature film. Soldiers served as extras, and authentic uniforms were provided for the actors.
  
  
• Bumblebee has an air freshener hanging from his rear-view mirror with a Bee on it that says; "Bee Otch".
  
  
• In the "Transformers" (1984) series, the Autobots had blue optics (eyes) and the Decepticons had red optics. The animators created a new eye design resembling a camera shutter in order to make the robots more engaging; however, in keeping with the original series, the color scheme remains the same. The only exception is the Decepticon spy Frenzy, who's got blue optics.
  
  
• In the film, the name "Autobot" stands for "Autonomous Robotic Organism." In the series the Autobots were so called because their alternate modes were mostly trucks, vans, cars and other auto vehicles.
  
  
• To keep up the film's frenetic feel, cameras were placed in the middle of car crashes and explosions. Due to the intense nature of such stunts, the cameras were sometimes kept in a bulletproof glass box during shooting. Shia LaBeouf quipped, "The camera's in a bullet-proof box, but what about me?"
  
  
• For the scene where Megatron corners Sam at the top of a tall building and Sam clings on to a statue out of sheer panic and fright, Shia LaBeouf was actually on top of the building wearing a safety harness, but with no safety net beneath him, and so his terror was real.
  
  
• The bird in Bobby Bolivia's petting zoo is a ñandú, a flightless bird native to Bolivia and other parts of South America.
  
  
• Charles Adler, who voices the Decepticon Starscream in this film, voiced the Autobot Silverbolt in "Transformers" (1984). He was the only other voice actor from the series besides Peter Cullen to get a role in this film.
  
  
• Jess Harnell voices both an Autobot (Ironhide) and a Decepticon (Barricade) in the film.
  
  
• Blackout's tail number is 4500X. This is the registration code for Michael Bay's privately-owned jet.
  
  
• In the first ever battle between Optimus Prime and Megatron in "Transformers" (1984), Prime used a retractable blade and Megatron used a retractable flail; those weapons were used only once, and were not seen again for the rest of the series. They both retain those weapons in this film, although they don't use them against each other.
  
  
• The camouflage uniform that Captain Lennox and his squad are wearing is the Multicam uniform of the Army's Future Force Warrior system, part of the Future Combat Systems project.
  
  
• The military aircraft seen in the film did not fire a single shot during filming; all their shots were created through CGI.
  
  
• There are several allusions in the film to the Hasbro Company, the official distributors of the "Transformers" toyline: - When the little girl discovers Ironhide in her swimming pool, she is holding a "My Little Pony" stuffed toy. Hasbro owns the "My Little Pony" toyline. - During the Battle of Mission City, Bumblebee and Ironhide use a "Furby" truck as a shield against Starscream's attack. The "Furby" toyline is also owned by Hasbro. - A sign reading "Takara Sushi" can be seen during the Battle, shortly after Jazz and Ratchet engage Devastator in combat. The Japanese toy company Takara was responsible for Transformers in Japan until it was sold to Hasbro.
  
  
• Starscream's original alternate mode in "Transformers" (1984) was an F-15 Eagle jet, but this was altered to become an F-22 Raptor (In real life the Air Force has planned to replace the F-15 with the F-22). He was also given small bird-like feet to be able to appropriately transform and perform his feats throughout the film.
  
  
• In the film, Megatron does not choose an alternate mode, choosing out of arrogance not to disguise himself on Earth. He instead maintains his alien protoform/jet mode. His original alternate mode in "Transformers" (1984) was a Walther P38 pistol, but the writers felt it was like "having Darth Vader transform into his own lightsaber and someone else swinging him around," so he was given a more realistic alien design and made more hideous to make him more menacing.
  
  
• Sam's eBay name LadiesMan217 refers to Michael Bay's birthday: February 17th.
  
  
• Sam at first believes Bumblebee is a Japanese robot. Transformers originally originated in Japan. Agent Simmons also talks about samurai, furthering the Japanese connection.
  
  
• The word "transformer" is used only once in the entire film, when Ron Witwicky decides to call the City ("Looks like they've got a blown transformer."). Its derivative "transform" is also heard in the film, used by Mikaela, Ratchet, Agent Simmons and Sam.
  
  
• During the Battle of Mission City, when Sam accidentally drops the All Spark, an Xbox 360 being carried by a bystander converts into a Transformer. During its transformation the sounds used when an Xbox 360 boots up (and also heard in Xbox 360 commercials) can be heard.
  
  
• The transforming sound from "Transformers" (1984) is heard on five occasions in the movie: - Blackout transforms at the SOCCENT base; - Bumblebee transforms to catch a falling Sam and Mikaela; - The Nokia phone becomes a Transformer after exposure to the All Spark; - Ironhide transforms in the Battle of Mission City; - and Starscream flies into space in the final scene.
  
  
• The name of Glenn Whitmann was taken from a friend of the writers. The real Glenn Whitmann is currently a Professor of Economics at California State University in Northridge.
  
  
• The Transformers official slogan, "More than meets the eye," is heard twice in the film: firstly when Sam is talking to Mikaela inside Bumblebee; and secondly when Optimus Prime makes his transmission at the end of the film.
  
  
• In some regions, release prints were delivered to theaters with the fake title 'E7'.
  
  
• Peter Cullen described reprising his role as Optimus Prime as "slipping into an old pair of very comfortable shoes that you haven't worn for a while," and was grateful to the fans for wanting him back. His vocal performance consisted of much improvisation with Michael Bay and bringing a sense of humour to Prime, as well as his traditional heroism.
  
  
• In her role as Mikaela Banes, Megan Fox gained ten pounds of muscle to be more compatible for the action scenes.
  
  
• In close-up shots the Transformers are sped up, and in wide shots they are shown in slow-motion. This gives them weight to their movements, as well as making them look cool. The ILM animators also watched footage of martial arts fights to get an idea on how to portray the Transformers' movements as graceful and organic as possible.
  
  
• Michael Bay originally turned down directing the film, considering it "a stupid toy movie." However, the idea of cars becoming robots interested him as he was a car expert; he was also eager to make a family film (the first in his career), though he wanted to make it edgier than usual. He later admitted that not being a Transformers fan proved to be a blessing, as it enabled him to introduce the saga to other non-fans.
  
  
• Hasbro released several toys based on the movie's characters. These toys feature new "Automorph Technology," where moving parts of a toy in transformations allowed some other parts to shift automatically. This marks a rare time when Transformers toys are designed 'after' the characters in the fiction, whereas normally, the toys are designed first (Although Michael Bay admitted most of the Decepticons had their appearances chosen before their characterization as Hasbro needed to get started on the toys).
  
  
• Don Murphy originally wanted the film to feature seven Autobots (Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Ironhide, Jazz, Ratchet, Prowl and Wheeljack) against eight Decepticons (Megatron, Starscream, Soundwave, Ravage, Laserbeak, Rumble, Skywarp and Shockwave). In the event, only seven of those Transformers (five Autobots and two Decepticons) made it into the film (although through several rewrites and experimentation with additional characters, the script always included the characters Prime, Bumblebee, Megatron and Starscream).
  
  
• At one point the female Autobot Arcee was included in the script, but her alternate mode (a motorcycle) was felt to be too small for much of an impact and the writers couldn't properly explain the concept of robot gender in the film, so she was removed and replaced with another Autobot, Ironhide.
  
  
• As part of the promotion campaign for the film, early trailers showed as little of the Transformers as possible. Using quick cuts, many parts of the robots were hidden from view; later trailers and commercials would show more of the Transformers.
  
  
• In his police car mode, Barricade's front side holds the Decepticon symbol, and reads "Pacis Quod Alcedonia" (Latin for "Still, Halcyon days of Peace") and "Incorporated since June 1865." His back side reads "To punish and enslave," a twisted version of the classic police slogan "To protect and serve."
  
  
• Don Murphy originally planned to make G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra (2009), but in 2003 he negotiated with the Hasbro Company for a "Transformers" (1984) film instead. However, the soldiers in the film were inspired by G.I. Joe, and the character of Capt. William Lennox first appeared in the comic book "G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers."
  
  
• The Decepticon spy Soundwave was to appear in this film as a MH-53 Pave Low helicopter, but the Hasbro Company requested that this alternate mode be altered to a music player (close to his original alternate mode in "Transformers" (1984) which was a tape recorder). Don Murphy and the writers felt that this new role barely resembled Soundwave and did not do him justice, though, and renamed him Soundbyte, and then finally Frenzy, a minion of Soundwave.
  
  
• The Decepticon that transformed into a MH-53 Pave Low helicopter was originally named Vortex, after the Combaticon from "Transformers" (1984), but this name was later altered to Incinerator, then to Soundwave, and finally he was christened as Blackout.
  
  
• Michael Bay spent most of the film's $150 million budget on 15 practical action sequences, making sure the VFX aspects of the film did not overwhelm the live-action elements.
  
  
• Steven Spielberg suggested to the writers the central storyline of "a boy and his car," and read each of their drafts and gave notes on improving the story. Spielberg also encouraged Michael Bay to film most of the stunts live, and restrict the CGI to only the robots and use background elements as little as possible (only Prime's hologram of Cybertron and the action sequences hold such elements).
  
  
• According to Lorenzo di Bonaventura, working out the transformations was done with the help of a mathematical equation, which explained where each of the parts of the robot went when it become a vehicle.
  
  
• To make the cars appear sentient, stunt drivers wore black balaclavas and concealed themselves from view; and wherever possible, the cars were also given tinted windows and had their interiors darkened.
  
  
• According to one of the CGI artists at the Industrial Light & Magic studio, the Transformers are composed out of a total of 60,000 pieces. Optimus Prime is composed of 10108 pieces, Megatron is composed of 2411 pieces, and Bumblebee is composed out of 7433 pieces. Ironhide is the bulkiest Transformer in the film, with both his guns composed of 10,000 pieces each.
  
  
• The Autobot Prowl, who transformed into a police car, was originally in the script, but the writers and Michael Bay loved the idea of an evil police car and so the character was altered to become the Decepticon Barricade.
  
  
• As part of the promotion campaign for the film, a special Sector 7 site was launched that featured videos showing "evidence" of Transformers having already arrived on Earth: a video featuring Grimlock destroying a construction site; Reflector transforming at a birthday party; Kickback and Laserbeak being accidentally videotaped; and a security video showing Bumblebee (in his old VW Beetle mode) transforming in a parking garage.
  
  
• At one point the Decepticon animals Ravage and Laserbeak were included in the script, but they were removed and replaced with Scorponok, another robotic animal who appeared in "Beast Wars: Transformers" (1996).
  
  
• Don Murphy brought in screenwriter Tom DeSanto to write the plot, impressed with the way DeSanto had managed the many characters and storylines in X-Men (2000). DeSanto, a big fan of the series since childhood, carried out extensive research on the Transformers; he held several meetings with comic book writer Simon Furman; and he invited fans to discuss the film on Murphy's online message board. His treatment explored the Transformers' existence and history, as well as the real possibilities and consequences of "their war on our world," similar to a disaster film, which was what Murphy wanted the film to resemble.
  
  
• During filming, Mark Ryan acted as a stand-in for the Transformers on set, to give the actors a physical presence to react to/act against. He also ad-libbed characters during the film's post-production. He was eventually taken on board to voice the Autobot Bumblebee.
  
  
• The release date was set without a script or a cast.
  
  
• According to one of the CGI artists at the Industrial Light & Magic studio, if you took all the polygons (CGI blocks) from all the Transformer models they created and strung them end to end, they'd reach to the moon and back and you'd still have enough left over to build the Roman Colosseum in Italy twice.
  
  
• In the All Spark chamber, Glenn Whitmann comments that the gashes on the walls resemble Wolverine's claws. This is an allusion to the relationship between the Transformers and Marvel Comics, who frequently publish Transformers comic books; Tom DeSanto, the film's producer, had also produced the X-Men films.
  
  
• The commanding officer (Glenn Morshower) at the Qatar air base is named Colonel Sharp. This is a reference to Michael Bay's previous film Armageddon (1998/I), which also featured a Colonel Sharp (William Fichtner).
  
  
• An online competition was held where fans got to write in their own lines for a chance to hear them in the film. The most popular entry selected was Optimus Prime's "Freedom is the right of all sentient beings." Curiously, Prime speaks this line for the first time ever; it was not heard in "Transformers" (1984) but was mentioned in the packaging for his original action figure back in the 1980s.
  
  
• According to Lorenzo di Bonaventura, during the designing of the Transformers, as a test Optimus Prime was first designed in CGI in his classic boxy look from "Transformers" (1984), but he looked fake and boring. So the robots were designed in a more intricate, three-dimensional image to be more realistic and to reflect their alien origins. The major influences in these designs were real-world physics (each robot matches the size of its chosen disguise), the Rubik's Cube (numerous pieces moving to convert one thing to another) and samurai armour (going back to the toyline's Japanese origins).
  
  
• Jazz's original alternate mode in "Transformers" (1984) was a Porsche sports car, but this was altered to become a Pontiac Solstice. As a tribute to the series, Ron Witwicky teases Sam by driving him through a Porsche dealership before taking him to the used car lot.
  
  
• In the battle of Mission City, Jazz attacks Devastator and bends his gun barrel while he's in tank mode. This is similar to a scene from The Transformers: The Movie (1986), where Kup jumps on Blitzwing when he's in tank mode and does the same thing to him.
  
  
• When Frenzy transforms to the CD-player after shooting his discs, the display of the CD-player reads "NO DISC".
  
  
• Since there were no running 2009 Chevrolet Camaro automobiles during production, Saleen Inc., working with the Pontiac GTO and using Camaro designs from General Motors, was able to build up a running Camaro in 30 days, to serve as Bumblebee's alternate mode. Saleen also provided their S281 automobile (basically a modified Ford Mustang) to serve as Barricade's alternate mode.
  
  
• The shot of Capital Hill used near the end was a recycled shot used previously in The Bourne Identity (2002).
  
  
• Sam's ancestor, Captain Archibald Witwicky, is seen in a news article in the Air Force One computer, referred to as "Capt. Witwicky, Amundsen." Roald Amundsen was a famed polar explorer who embarked on various expeditions to the Antarctic region.
  
  
• On May 26 2007, two Bell Boeing CV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft were filmed in flight. There are only three such aircraft in the United States Air Force.
  
  
• The insignia on Agent Simmon's body armor are a Combat Infantryman's Badge and the silver oak leaves of a Lieutenant Colonel, mostly likely indicating that he was once an US Army infantry officer before joining Sector 7.
  
  
• For the scene where Scorponok bursts out of the sand right on the heels of the soldiers, the effect was achieved by detonating a primer cord under the sand. The explosions would be in close proximity and very dangerous to the actors in the scene, so before the scene was shot, Michael Bay told the actors to run and keep running no matter what happens or else they could seriously be injured or, even worse, killed. As a result, the look of panic on the actors' faces as they flee from Scorponok in this scene is 100% genuine.
  
  
• To prepare for his role as Sam Witwicky, Shia LaBeouf worked out five days a week for three months and gained 25 pounds of muscle, but he realized during shooting that Sam required agility rather than strength.
  
  
• The soldiers at the beginning of the film are seen in a Bell Boeing CV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft. Originally they were to be shown returning home in a Humvee, but during filming Michael Bay saw and requested to use the newly arrived CV-22s instead. A unique feature of the CV-22 is that its rotors tilt so that it can act either as a helicopter or a plane. It is, in essence, a real life transformer.
  
  
• A soldier in the film is named Jorge Figueroa. This is a reference to Don Figueroa, a writer and illustrator for the Transformers comics.
  
  
• To prepare for their roles, Josh Duhamel and Tyrese Gibson spent three days in boot camp, and Gibson also spent time with combat controller Ray Bollinger to make his dialog sound natural.
  
  
• The Decepticons were to have more dialogue in the film, but most of their lines were cut out to keep them mysterious (screenwriter Roberto Orci reasoned that the more a villain talks, the less threatening they are). To please the fans, though, Megatron's classic berating of Starscream ("You fail me yet again, Starscream...") from "Transformers" (1984) was put in the film.
  
  
• Bonecrusher's alternate mode is a Buffalo H Mine-Protected Clearance Vehicle, which comes equipped with a claw at the end of a telescopic arm. According to production designer Jeff Mann, the production design team saw a picture of the Vehicle with the claw in the foreground, which gave the impression that the claw was large enough to turn over other vehicles. But when they contacted the owners of the Vehicle to ask about using it, they were amused to learn that the claw was only 14 inches wide (it turned out the picture had been edited by Photoshop). The claw seen in this film is a ten-foot appliance the team had to construct to fit over the existing claw.
  
  
• Frenzy's Cybertronian dialogue is mostly the word "Tutankhamun" repeated over and over rapidly.
  
  
• Howard Stern was originally approached to make a quick voice cameo in the film, however his agent talked him out of it.
  
  
• Originally, the Ark and the Nemesis, the respective spaceships of the Autobots and Decepticons, were featured in the script. Roberto Orci removed the spacecraft element, wondering "Why would aliens who moonlight as vehicles need other vehicles to travel inside?" and replaced it with the travelling protoform concept from "Beast Wars: Transformers" (1996).
  
  
• Producer Steven Spielberg and producer/writer Tom DeSanto are both fans of the Transformers, and brought on as part of the film's crew several other fans. These included screenwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman; actors Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson and Anthony Anderson; and many of the ILM animators. As part of their devotion to the show, LaBeouf performed all his own stunts ("There are action stars who wouldn't have been as dumb," he later joked) and Gibson paid the producers to get him a role in the film.
  
  
• The Transformers were created with a mix of computer-generated imagery (from Industrial Light & Magic and Digital Doman) and props (from KNB Effects). The props built include Optimus Prime's head, Megatron's frozen legs, Blackout's feet, Scorponok's head and tail, a 17-foot model of Bumblebee and a 4-foot model of Frenzy (the latter three in life-size). While ILM designed 75% of the 630 effects shots in the film, Digital Domain handled the remaining 25%, which include the Arctic discovery of Megatron, Frenzy's severed head, the machines mutated by the All Spark, and the Autobots' protoforms.
  
  
• The film's visual effects supervisor Scott Farrar's favourite scene is where the Autobots hide from Ron Witwicky.
  
  
• To save money, the filmmakers entered into a production deal with General Motors, saving about $3 million. The company provided the alternate modes of the Autobots (in fact they provided three versions of each car in the event that some of them would crash), and also provided around 200 cars that were blown up in the Battle of Mission City.
  
  
• Simon Furman, who had written the Transformers comics in the U.K. and U.S.A, collaborated with the screenwriters to produce a graphic novel, "Transformers: Prequel", which chronicled the events that led to the classic Autobot/Decepticon war back on Cybertron, and serves as a prequel to the events that occurred in the film. This story can be seen as a bonus feature ("Transformers: Beginnings") in the Wal-Mart DVD.
  
  
• Holds the record for the biggest opening week for a NON-sequel with $152.5 million. The former record holder was Spider-Man (2002) with $151.6 million.
  
  
• Michael Bay describes the film as "Shichinin no samurai (1954) fused with Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) and charged with 85 mph fight scenes."
  
  
• The Transformer who transforms into a M1 Abrams tank was originally called Brawl in "Transformers" (1984), but the name was altered to Devastator, which Michael Bay felt was a more destructive and appropriate name for a Decepticon.
  
  
• If you take a close look at Starscream, markings can be seen on his F-22 form: The tail that forms his left shoulder displays a winged sword enclosed in a shield (the emblem of the Air Combat Command) and the letters "FF 1st FW" (indicating the 1st Fighter Wing, based out of Langley Air Force Base). A part of the nose that forms his chest reveals a "flying fist" insignia, which belongs to the 71st Fighter Squadron of that 1st Wing (this squadron still flies Starscream's "Transformers" (1984) mode, the F-15 Eagle). And his tail markings read "ED," which places him at Edwards Air Force Base (he is also seen among a squadron bearing "ED" tail markings).
  
  
• According to Megan Fox, she was attending a Linkin Park concert and when it was over the band met her personally and stated that they heard about the live-action Transformers film and requested whether they could have a song of theirs in the film. And thus the Linkin Park song "What I've Done" appears in the closing credits.
  
  
• The Transformers possessed such a rich level of detail and complexity it took the ILM animators 38 hours to fill them in a single frame of the film. However, the animators assure that for future sequels the process can now be done in a shorter time.
  
  
• Prior to shooting the scene where the Autobots intercept the Sector 7 convoy, an extra (the driver of the car where Sam and Mikeala are being held) worried that he would be injured when the agents are being disarmed by Jazz. Michael Bay assured him that no harm would come to him as the guns would be quickly pulled away by bungee cords, and were moreover made of rubber. But during shooting, a rubber gun struck the extra on his temple as it was pulled away, causing him to wince in pain (it can be seen in the film). Bay could only give a sheepish apology for the extra's misfortune.
  
  
• Ratchet's alternate mode is a Hummer H2 search-and-rescue vehicle. This vehicle was a Hummer vehicle which was beefed-up to make it tougher and modified to make it more of a. It was also painted lime green to give it a distinct look (although a Ratchet toy released in commemoration of the film featured him in his classic red/white look).
  
  
• Devastator's alternate mode, the M1 Abrams tank, was a remodelled version of the "stealth tank" from xXx: State of the Union (2005).
  
  
• Most of the cars that were destroyed in the film had their engines and transmissions removed to make them easier to flip around.
  
  
• Shia LaBeouf's first scene filmed was where Sam is attacked by guard dogs. One particularly fierce dog kept chasing him even after the scene was shot. He later summed it up as "Welcome to Michael Bay's set. Release the hounds!"
  
  
• Shia LaBeouf was so amazed with the "Project Iceman" set that he would secretly visit the set on weekends, sometimes bringing his friends along.
  
  
• According to the graphic novel "Transformers: Prequel," the destruction of the Beagle 2 Mars rover (as seen in the film and a trailer) was carried out by Starscream.
  
  
• Steven Spielberg and Shia LaBeouf are fans of Bumblebee, Megan Fox prefers Starscream, Josh Duhamel likes Ironhide, and Tyrese Gibson favours Optimus Prime (all four as seen in both the animated series and the film), while director Michael Bay's favourite Transformer is Bonecrusher (as seen in the film).
  
  
• Veteran voice actor Frank Welker, who voiced the Decepticon leader Megatron (among other characters) in "Transformers" (1984), was approached to reprise the role, but had to turn it down due to conflicts with other projects. Michael Bay also felt his voice was too light for Megatron's new beastly look, and so Hugo Weaving took the role of Megatron. Welker reprises his role as Megatron, though, in Transformers: The Game (2007) (VG) and the bonus feature on the DVD.
  
  

• SPOILER: When Optimus Prime takes on Megatron in their climatic showdown, he states that "One shall stand, one shall fall!" Prime told Megatron the same thing when they clashed in The Transformers: The Movie (1986). In that feature though, Prime was the one who fell, while in this film it is Megatron.
  
  
• SPOILER: While Jazz does not survive the final battle, a Jazz toy released from Hasbro to commemorate the film mentioned his being rebuilt into a tougher (and better-looking) frame; something the writers say MAY occur in the sequel.
  
  
• SPOILER: The last scene in the film, where Starscream soars through Earth's atmosphere, is similar to a scene from the closing credits of "Transformers" (1984), where Starscream and his teammates Skywarp and Thundercracker blast off vertically into space.
  
  
• SPOILER: The Decepticons outnumber the Autobots eight to five. This was a deliberate move by the writers to emphasize the Autobots' teamwork, and the threat the Decepticons pose to the world.
  
  
• SPOILER: When the Autobots arrive on Earth, they do so in protoforms resembling meteors. A man with a video camera exclaims, "This is a hundred times cooler than Armageddon (1998/I)!" This is an allusion to director Michael Bay's earlier film, which extensively featured meteors.
  
  

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